Safety means for preventing and removing ice and other obstructions in fluid-pressure systems.



E. W. ANGER 6. H. H. HGRNSBY. SAFETY MEANS FOR PREVENTING AND REMOVFNGICE AND OTHER ussmucnms m FLUID PRESSURE SYSTEMS. APPLICATION HLED nmzs.1915.

V Patented Feb. 5, 1916.

E W. ANGER & H. H HORNSBY. SAFETY MEANS FOR PREVENTING AND REMOWNG {CEAND OTHER oasmucnoms m FLUID PRESSURE SYSTEMS.

APPLICATION men 1m. 23, I915,

1,171 .014. Patented Feb. b, 1916.

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wail/ 11055 0101711 E.'W. ANGER 62 H H HURNSBY. SAFETY MEANS FORFREVENHNG AND REMOVING ICE AND OTHER OBSTRUC'HONS IN FLUID PRESSURESYSTEMS.

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1 1 7 1,0 1 4. Patented Feb. 8, 1911s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. ANGER AND HARRY H. HORNSIBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY MEANS FOR PREVENTING AND REMOVING ICE AND OTHER OBSTRUG'I'IONS INFLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application filed January 23, 1915. Serial No. 3,893. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD IV. ANGER and HARRY H. HonivsBY, bothcitizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have jointly invented new and usefulImprovements in Safety Means for'Preventing and Removing Ice and otherObstructions in Fluid-Pressure Systems, of which the following is afull, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improved method of keeping the pipes, tanks,valves and the like of air systems in which there is a flow of air, freefrom frost, ice, dirt and like obstructions, and to the apparatus bymeans of which this method is carried out.

Systems using air, usually under greater than atmospheric pressure, arefrequently rendered inoperative due to the so-called freezing of thesystem. It is Well known that moisture will collect in pneumatic airsystems, due primarily to the moisture ever present in the ordinaryatmosphere. It follows that when such systems are used in climates wherethe temperature reaches the freezing point, the moisture and water ofcondensation will become frosted or frozen. T he inoperativeness of thesystem resulting from such frosting or freezing is in all cases a sourceof trouble and expense, but in some instances, for example, the case ofsystems used for setting brakes on trains, street cars and the like itbecomes not .only troublesome and expensive but dangerous as Well. Itcan never be foretold at what precise moment the system willbecome'inoperative due to this accumulation of ice or frost in thepipes, and it frequently happens at a time when the safety of a largenumber of people depends on the proper control of the car and itsbraking equipment.

Obviously it is inexpedient and dangerous to operate a car under a handbrake only, especially when suchrar forms part of a train. So it is thegeneral custom when a cars braking system is rendered useless to removesuch car from the lines for the purpose of thawing out the ice or frostat the nearest barns or repair station. Such a procedure entails certainsignal disadvantages and is open to several objections. It causes theloss of at least one car to the service and it will be obvious that suchan objection is a, serious one, especially in large cities where everyavailable car is needed to handle the heavy traflic. It furthermoreupsets the schedule and routine of the traflic system which causes nolittle annoyance and expense. The cure for frozen cars generallypractised is troublesome and dangerous. It is the custom to thaw out thefrozen parts by means of oil torches and the like. In the first place itis always difficult to ascertain the location of the trouble and suchpractice is more or less unsafe in view of the danger from fire. Thereare other objectionable results from such freezing. For example, in thecase of cars that have been standing in the open or in cold places it isimpossible to drain the tanks or reservoirs of the condensed water andoil. Again, in the case of twins, which ordinarily use the automaticbrake system, as soon as a freeze occurs in the system the brakes on allcars in the rear of the freeze will set.

Another cause of trouble found in systems of the sort mentioned is theaccumulation of oil and dirt which forms a gum-like substance, thatclogs the valves and other parts resulting, often, in the necessity forremoving the car from service for cleaning and overhauling.

It is one of the objects of our invention to obviate the variousobjections and disadvantages noted by providing means for pre venting orremoving the formation of ice or frost, or the accumulation of oil andgrease.

It is a further object of our invention to provide means for attainingsuch ends effectively, economically, safely and easily.

It is still a further object of our invention to provide apparatus .forcarrying out this method that is simple, compact and durable, economicalto manufacture, easy to install in existing systems ,as well as newones, readily accessible for examination and the like, and ellicient inoperation.

Additional objects and advantages of our invention will be apparent fromthe following description taken in connection with the appended claimsand the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustratesdiagramniatically, by way of example, the air brake system of theordinary electric car as used in trains of several cars having apparatusembodied therein in accordance with our invention;

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Fig. 2 is av cross sectional view of that apparatus. enlarged; Fig. 3 isa cross sectional \iew of the same, with parts broken away and removed,the section being taken on the line of Fig. 2. looking in the directionof the arrows; Figs. -'l and 5 are views similar to Fig. '2 ofmodifications of the apparatus shown therein; Fig. (3 is a crosssectional view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 5 the section being takenon the line 6 6 of Fig. 5 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. Iis a view. similar to Fig. 2, of a further modification; Fig. 8 is across sectional view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 7, the

section being taken on the line 88 of Fig. 7. looking in the directionof the arrows; Figs. 9 and 10 are views similar to Fig. 2, but reduced,of further modifications; Fig. ll is a view in cross section showing aportion of the piping and a modified form of passage forming member withthe container removed; Fig. 12 is a similar view with a modified form ofcontainer in place; Fig. 13 is a cross sectional view of a containerwhich maybe substituted for that shown in Fig. 12; and Fig. 14: is avertical cross sectional view of a further modification.

The method we provide for keeping the pipes. tanks, valves and the likeof the system free from the obstructions mentioned is to cause to beinjected into the air of the system. preferably intermittently, andpreferably in small quantities. an agent such as alcohol, for examplewhich forms with moisture or water a. mixture (popularly, rather thannecessarily technically speaking} tending to prevent the existence ofice or frost and of such a character that it will cut accumulations ofoil and grease. Although there are various agents which will meet theserequirements, the one we prefer is denatured alcohol which we have foundto be eliicient and economical in operation.

This method is carried out by placing at some suitable point or pointsin the system, as for example. just beyond the air reservoir. a.container having a. member or portion associated. therewith forming a.passage in communication with the path of the flowing air of the system.Liquid of the sort described, as for example, denatured alcohol, beingplaced in the container, its injection into the pipes of the system isattained in a number of ways. For example, a. tube may be secured intothe container one end of which dips into the alcohol, or other liquid.the other end of which opens into or near the passage above mentioned.Operation of the system causes a. certain amount of the alcohol to bedrawn through the tube and injected into the system. The injection ofthe liquid or its vapor, or both, may be accomplished in other ways asmore fully appears hereinafter. In any case the mixture of the alcoholor its vapor with the frost already formed to melt. When alcoholor thelike is mixed with water a certain amount of heat is generated and thefreezing point, and melting point, of the mixture is lower than that ofwater. As a re sult of one or more of these facts the mixture tends tomelt any ice already formed and to prevent the formation of any new ice;in other words it tends to prevent the existence of ice, as described.The alcohol also cuts oil or grease and thus prevents the accumulationof the gum like substance before mentioned.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate various forms of apparatus bymeans of which this method is carried out, 15 represents a portion ofthe pipe line of a system of the sort described, as for example, thatportion of the pipe which leads from the air reservoir 16 of the airbrake system of a car forming part of a. train, such a system beingdiagrammatically shown in Fig. 1. This pipe has a portion cut out asshown to provide space for the insertion of the containing anddistributing apparatus. The latter comprises, in this instance, a tankor receptacle 17 which hangs below the pipe (Figs. 1 and 2) and isscrew-threaded on the exterior of its open upper end whereby it may besecured to the correspondingly screw threaded flange 18 of a passageforming member 19. This member has also two screw threaded nipples E20by means of which it is attached to the adjacent ends of the pipe 15.The receptacle 17 is closed at the top by the base 21 of the member 19and this base with the hood-like top 22 of the member 19 forms a passage23 for the flowing air of the system which is, in efi'ect, acontinuation of the piping 15. Communication between the receptacle andthis passage is provided by a tube '24 which is secured into the base 21and has one. end extending nearly to the bottom of the receptacle andthe other end opening into the passage .33. In the form shown in Fig. 2this opening is at the end of an arm of the tube extending in line withthe flow of air and formed by bending the tube through about 90 justabove the base 21. On the side of the receptacle is a shoulder 25 havingtherein a duct 26 by means of which the tank may be filled with thealcohol or other liquid.

When the system is operated so that a flow of air takes place throughthe pipe 15 and consequently through the passage 23, the flow of theair, which is in the direction of the arrows (Fig. 2), past the openmouth of the tube 24. causes an amount. of the alcohol contained in thereceptacle 17 to be drawn through the tube and injected into thesystern, an orifice 27 in the base 21 causing this throughout the systemby the flow of air and, by its action as before described, prevents theformation of ice or frost and melts ice or frost already formed.

In some cars, as for example, freight cars, the flow of air takes placesometimes in one direction, metimes in the other. In Figs. 48 we ha edisclosed forms of apparatus adapted to such conditions as well as tosystems having a one way flow. The apparatus shown in Fig. 4 is the sameas that above described except that the base 21 of the passage formingmember is curved upwardly into the path of the air and the tube "214 iscut off flush with this base. As the air fiows in either directionacross the top of the tnbe it causes the alcohol to be drawn into thesystem as before described.

Another form of apparatus adapted to a one-way or two-way flow is shownin Figs. 7 and 8. In this latter the hood of the passage forming memberis circular rather than inverted U-shaped, as in Figs. 2 and 3; the tubehas at its upper end, in the air pas sage. a T or cross tube 28 open atboth ends and in communication with the main portion of the tube; thebase 21 is provided with a removable plug 21 (Fig. 7) in order that theT end of the tube may be inserted in the air passage in its properposition; and the receptacle is filled by means of a stoppered port 19in the passage forming member itself, instead of by the duct shown inFig. Q. Otherwise the construction of this form is similar to the formshown in Fig. 2. When the system is operated, some of the air, whetherthe flow is in one direction or the other, will pass through the T orcross tube 28 and draw a stream or spray of alcohol through the maintube into the passage, as before described.

It may be at times desirable to have the alcohol feed in other ways, asfor example. by gravity. A form of apparatus with gravity feed is shownin Figs. 5 and (3. The receptacle in this instance is above the pipe andthe parts corresponding to the base 21 and hood 22 of the passageforming member 19, which are curved slightly downward, are formedintegral with the receptacle. Access to the interior for filling andpacking is provided by a cap Z9which has a flange 30 screw threaded onthe interior to engage the screw threaded end of the receptacle.

In the base is a drip vent 31 and an equalizing tube 32, the latterextending up into the receptacle. The latter may be par- 1n]ection to bein the form of a spray. This the receptacle.

tially filled with packing material 32, such for example, as cottonwaste, and the character of the drip may be regulated by the size of thevent or the character and amount of the packing.

The flow of air may cause the alcohol to be fed in other ways. Theapparatus shown in Fig. 9 has a receptacle and passage forming membersimilar to that shown in Fig. 7

except that the base of the member is removed and in its place is aflexible diaphragm 33. A tube similar to the tube shown in Fig. 2 issecured to this diaphragm. \Vhen operation of the system occurs the Howof air flexes the diaphragm downwardly carrying the tube with it,thereby. causing a flow of alcohol-through the tube into the airpassage.

Still another form of apparatus by means of which the flow of air cancause the injection of alcohol. is shown in Fig. 10. The receptacle, forconvenience in manufacture is formed in two pieces joined together as at34. The passage forming member is similar to that shown in Fig. 7 exceptthat it has a circular piece cut out at its center. Inserted in thisopening, with a close fit, is a button through which the tube is rigidlysecured, its end extending a slight distance above the button andopening into the air passage. The lower end of the tube is secured to amember in the nature of a piston-head 36. reciprocating in thereceptacle as its cylinder, the open end of the tube being just belowsuch piston head. A short distance below the top of the receptacle is asolid partition 37, having a bearing 38 for the tube, which serves toconfine the alcohol supply and as a guide for the reciprocating tube.Supposing the receptacle to be supplied with alcohol both above andbelow the piston head 36, when operation of the system takes place, theflow of air acts on the button 35 to force it, and consequently the tubeand piston head, downward. The alcohol below the latter being thusplaced under pressure is forced to escapeup through the tube into theair-passage.

To return the parts to normal position we provide a coiled spring 39which bears against the piston head and the bottom of As soon as theforce of the air flow falls below the force of the spring the parts willmove bnckto normal position. In the piston head is an ordinary one-wayvalve 40 which is closed when the parts are I moving downwardly butwhich opens on the upward stroke to permit a fresh supply of alcohol toflow into the lower part of the receptacle to replace that justdistributed.

It may be found desirable to use the simple form of apparatusillustrated in Figs. 1143 which is especially adaptable to emergencyuse. The passage forming memher as shown in Fig. 11 is an ordinaryT-fitting 41 which is inserted in the pipe 15 and which is closed whennot in use by a suitable plug 42. hen it is desired the plug may beremoved and a container screwed into the T-fitting. Fig. 12 illustratesa form of container readily available which consists of a short piece ofpipe 43 of a size to fit the T-fitting 41, and a cap 4; closing itslower end. This container being previously filled with alcohol, issecured to the T-fitting 41, thus leaving its upper end open to the airpassage. As the alcohol evaporates the vapor arising into the airpassage will be distributed by the operation of the system and itsmixture with theovater or moisture in the system causes the generationof the requisite heat.

In place of the container just described, the form shown in Fig. 13 maybe used. This form similar to that just described except that secured inthe piece of pipe 43 near the top thereof, is a partition 45 in which issecured a tube .24 of the sort previously described. In the partition isa plug 46 by means of which access to the container is obtained for thepurpose of filling.

When the container has been filled and screwed into the T-fitting 41,operation'of the. system. by the flow of air across the open tube 24.causes an injection of alcohol into the system as before described.

It not always necessary to cut away a portion of the pipe 15, as willappear from the modified form of apparatus illustrated in Fig. 14.Instead, a small hole is cut in the underside of the pipe and anordinary nipple 4-7 inserted therein. Secured to this nipple is thecontainer which has a collar 48, screw threaded on the interior, forengagement with the corresponding threads of the nipple.

For convenirnce in manufacture and assembling, the container is made intwo parts joined together as at 49, the upper part curving in at the topto form the collar 48. The usual tube 24 of the sort previouslydescribed is secured in a. partition 50 which extends across thecontainer near the top thereof. the tube extending upwardly to such anextent that it passes through the nipple so as to open into the pipe 15when the parts are in place. On the side of the container, below thepartition 50, is a shoulder 51 through which is a duct 52 having a plug53 in its outer end, this duct being for the purpose of providing accessto the interior for filling: Operation of the system causes an.injection of the alcohol into the system as before described.

It will be noted that the apparatus in each case is of a simplecharacter so that it is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and tomaintain. Installation is a comparatively simple matter as it is onlynecessary to cut a small piece of the piping out of the system and toscrew-thread the adjacent ends, or-to cut a hole and insert a nipple inthe case of the form shown in t Fig. 14, whereupon the apparatus isreadily screwed into place. This means of preventing accumulation offrost, ice, oil and grease and the like is not only extremelyefficacious but is comparatively inexpensive as Well, as only. a veryslight amount of the alcohol is distributed at each operation.

Although we have described our invention in connection with the airbrake system of a car forming part of a train it is in no man nerlimited to such use. The invention is adaptable to substantially anysystem in which there is a flow of air, such as pumps, drills, hammers,hoists, cutters, engines, and the like, the air brake system beingchosen merely as an illustration and for convenience of description. Noris the invention limited to the use of alcohol as there are many otheragents in liquid, gaseous, on solid form, which can be used to carry outthe invention, and which come within the scope of the appended claims,alcohol being taken merely as an example.

It is to be understood, therefore, that changes may be made in the form,construction and arrangement of the apparatus, identity of the agent,and the class of system with which it is used, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appendedclaims, the forms of the invention herein disclosed being merelypreferred embodiments thereof.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. The herein described method of preventingor removing a formation of frost or ice in the pipes, tanks, valves andthe like, of a system in which there is a flow of air, which consists incausing to be injected into the air an agent which forms With moistureor water a mixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost.

2. The herein described method of preventing or removing a formation offrost or ice in the pipes, tanks, valves and the like of anintermittently operated air system, which consists in causing to beinjected into the flowing air each time the system is operated to causea iiow of the air, an agent which forms with moisture or Water a mixturetending to prevent the existence of ice or frost.

3. The herein described method of preventing or removing an accumulationof oil or grease in the pipes, tanks, valves and the like of a system inwhich there is a flow of air, which consists in causing to be injectedinto the system an agent capable of cutting the grease or oil.

4. The herein described method of prewhich'forms with moisture or watera mix-.

turetending to prevent the existence of ice or frost, and capable ofcutting the oil or grease.

5. The combination with a system in' which there is a flow of air, ofmeans for causing an agent which forms with moisture or water a mixturetending to prevent, the existence of ice or frost to be injected intosaid air. k 6. The combination with an intermittently operated airsystem, of means for causing an agent which forms with moisture or watera mixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost to beinjected into the flowing air upon operation of the system to cause aHow of air.

7 The combination with an intermittently operated air system, of meanswhereby the flow upon operation of tge, system causes an agent whichforms with iiioisture or water a mixture tending to prevent theexistence of ice or frost to be injected into the air.

8. The combination with a system in which there is a flow of air, ofmeans for causing an agent capable of cutting oil or grease to beinjected into said air.

'9.- The combination with a system inwhich there is a flow of air, of areceptacle having communication with the path of the air and containingan "agent which forms with moisture or water a mixture tending toprevent the existence of ice or frost, and means whereby said agent isinjected into the air.

10. The combination with a system in which there is aflow of air, of areceptacle having communication with the path of said air and containingan agent which forms with moisture or. water a mixture tending toprevent the existence of ice or frost, and means whereby said agent isintermittently injected into the air.

11. The combination with an intermittently operated air system, of areceptacle having communication with the path of the air and containingan agent which forms with moisture or water a mixture tending to preventthe existence of ice or frost, and means whereby said agent is injectedinto the air upon operation of the system.

12. The combination with an intermittently operated air system, of areceptacle having communication with the path of the flowing air andcontaining an agent which forms with moistureor water a mixture tendingto prevent the existence of ice or frost, and means whereby theoperation-of the system causes an injection of said agent into theflowing air.

13. The'combination with a portion of the piping of a system in whichthere is a flow -of air, of a receptacle containing an agent which formswith moisture or water a mixture tending to prevent the existence of iceor frost, and a tube having one end in said agent in the receptacle andits other end in communication with said piping.

14. The combination with a system "in which there is a flow of air, of areceptacle containing an agent which forms with mois ture or water amixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost, and a tube havp ing one end in said agent in the receptacle and the other end disposedin such manner that the How of said air will cause said agent to flowthrough the tube into the system.

15. The combination with a portion of the piping of a system in whichthere is a flow of air, of a receptacle containing an agent which formswith moisture or Water amixture tending to prevent the existence of iceor frost, a member associated with said receptacle forming a passage incommunication with said piping, and a tube having one end in said agentin the receptacle and the other end opening into said passage. 1

16. The combination with a portion of the piping of a system in whichthere is a flow of air, said piping having a portion cut away, ofareceptacle, 9. member associated with said receptacle having meanswhereby it may be inserted between. the adjacent ends of said piping andforming a passage in communication with said piping, and a tube,

one end of which extends into said recep passage. j g

17. The herein described method of preventing or removin a formationof-frost or ice in the pipes, tan 5, valves and the like of an air-brakesystem, which consists in cansing an agent which forms with moisture orwater a mixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost to beinjected.- into the flowing air upon operation of the system to applythe brakes.

18. The combination with an air-brake system, of means for causing anagent which forms with moisture or water a mixture tending to preventthe existence of ice or frost to be injected into the flowing air uponoperation of the system to apply the brakes.

19. The combination with an intermittently operated air system, of areceptacle containing an agent which forms with moisture or water amixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost, means ofcommunication between the receptacle and the path of the air, and meanswhereby the flow of air uponoperation of the system causes a portion ofsand agent to be forced through said communicating means into theflowing am 20. The combination with a system in which there is a flow ofair, of a receptacle associated with a portion of the piping of thesystem and containing an agent which forms with moisture or water amixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost, a partitionbetween said agent and the path of the air, said partition havingassociated therewith means of communication between the receptacle andthe path of the air through the partition.

21. The combination. of an air pump, an air cylinder, an operatingcontrol valve, air pipe connections, a receptacle communicating withsaid piping and containing an agent which forms with moisture or water amixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost, andmeansmhereby a portion of said agent is circulated through the system ateach alternate operation of the control valve.

22. The combination of an air pump, an air brake cylinder for operatinga wheel brake, an operating control valve, air pipe connections, areceptacle having communication with said piping and containing an agentwhich forms with moisture or water a mixture tending to prevent theexistence of ice or frost, and means whereby a portion of said agent iscirculated through the system at each operation of the control valve toapply the brake.

23. The combination of an air pump, an air cylinder, an operatingcontrol valve, air pipe connections, a receptacle having communicationwith said piping and containing an agent capable of cutting oil andgrease, and means whereby a portion of said agent is circulated throughthe system at each alternate operation of the control valve.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names in thepresence of two witnesses. 1 Y

EDWARD W. ANGER. HARRY H. HORNSBY.

Witnesses ROBERT LEWIS AMEs, ANNE SoLoMoN.

Correction it Letters Patent N0. 1,1 71, 01 4.

which there is a fiow of air, of a receptacle associated with a portionof the piping of the system and containing an agent'which forms withmoisture or water a mixture 5 tending to prevent the existence of ice orfro'st,a partition between said agent and the path of the air, saidpartition having associated therewith means of communication between thereceptacle and the path of the air through the partition.

21. The combination of an air pump, an air cylinder, an operatingcontrol valve, air pipe connections, a receptacle communicating withsaid piping andcontaining an agent which forms with moisture or water amixture tending to prevent the existence of ice or frost, and means,whereby a portion of said agent is circulated through the system ateach alternate operation of the control valve.

22- The combination of an air pump, an air fbrake cylinder for operatinga Wheel brake, an operating control valve, air pipe connections, areceptacle having communi- Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of March, A. 1)., 1916.

cation with said piping and containing an agent which forms withmoisture or water a mixture tending to prevent the existence of r .iceor frost, and means whereby a portion alternate operation of the controlvalve.

In Witness whereof, we have hereunto subis circulated through the systemat each scribed our names in the presence of two Witnesses,

EDWARD W. ANGER. HARRY I-I. HORNSBY.

Witnesses ROBERT LEWIS AMEs, ANNE SOLOMON.

It'iis herebycertified that in Letters Patent No. 1,171,014, grantedFebruary 8 1916, upon the application of Edward Anger and Harry H.Hornsby, ofChicago, Illinois, for an imprpvement in Safety Means forlfreventing and Removing Ice and Other Obstructions 'in Flnid Pressu'reSystemsfl an error appears the printed Specification requiringcorrection as followsi Page line 5, claim flier the word fluid read air;and-that thesaid Letters Patent should be read with this correctiontherein the same may conform to the record of the case inlthe Patent J.T. NEWTon, Acting Commissioner-of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,171,014, grantedFebrua ry 8 1916, upon the application of Edward W. Anger and Harry H.Hornsby, of Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement in Safety Means forPreventing and Removing Ice and Other Obstructions in Fluid-PressureSystems, an error appears in the printed specification requiringcorrection as followsz Page 5, line 5, claim 4, for the word fluid readair; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of March, A. 1)., 1916. [5mm] J. T.NEWTON,

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